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Access to production information among citrus farmers in Atisbo Local Government Area of Oyo State
(Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria, 2007) Eniola, P. O.; Fawole, O. P.
The study was conducted to determine the level of awareness, access and utilization of sixteen, Citrus production by citrus farmers in ATISBO Local Government Area of Oyo State. Structured interview schedule were administered on sixty citrus farmers who were purposively selected from six communities. Descriptive statistics such as frequency distribution, percentage and rating were used to analyse the data. Ninety eight point three (98.3%) of the respondents were male and 85 percent (85%) were married. The main source of information was village extension agents and contact farmers as indicated by 46.7 percent and 41.7 percent of respondents. Sixty eight percent of the farmers experience low yield of citrus. Level of information awareness, access and utilization of citrus farm practices was low. That is 63.3, 58.86 and 50 percent of the respondents had low scores respectively. The extension agents have been encouraged to release to farmers necessary information that could lead to high citrus production in the area.
Assessment of field maintenance practices of coffea arabica among coffee farmers in Taraba State, Nigeria
(Green World Foundation, 2008-11) Agbongiarhuoyi, A. E.; Adeogun, S. O.; Fawole, O. P.
This study was conducted to assess field maintenance practices on production of Coffea arabica among farmers in Sardauna Local Government Area of Taraba State, Nigeria during 2007. Data for the study were obtained from a systematic random sampling of eighty-eight coffee farmers through the use of well structured questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and chi-square. Most (44.3%) of the respondents were 50-69 years old while 56.8 % of them belonged to 3-12 range of family size. Majority (98.9%) of the respondents claimed to be engaged in clearing of coffee farms, 97.7% coppiced old unproductive plot and the same figure harvested coffee berries. Extension workers' contact with farmers (36.4%) was low. The very serious constraints to Coffea arabica production were poor marketing (97.7%) and pricing (95.5%), inadequate' market information (89.8%), high labour cost (84.1%) and weak extension services 67.1%. The significant socio-economic variables that influence field maintenance practices of Coffea arabica include family size, farming experience, coffee beans price, and number of coffee farms maintained (p< 0.05). Good marketing strategies via farmers' group and improved extension contact would sustain Coffea arabica farming among farmers.
Assessment of primary cocoa beans processing methods in Owan west local government area of Edo State, Nigeria
(2007) Agbongiarhuoyi, A. E.; Fawole, O. P.
This study assessed the primary cocoa beans processing methods in Owan West Local Government Area (OWLGA) of Edo State, Nigeria. Systematic random sampling was used in selecting 125 farmers in three main cocoa producing communities of OWLGA. Data were collected with structured questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation. Age range for majority (56%) of the respondents was 55-68 and 69-82 years. Many (59.2%) cultivated small farms (< 2ha) and 48% had no formal education. All (100%) of sampled farmers identified heap and sun- drying processing methods while they were not aware of the sweat-box, tray and artificial drying methods. A high proportion (98.4%) processed cocoa beans in heaps and all (100%) used sun-drying method. Farm size (0.233) and identified processing methods (0.472) were significantly related to utilization of cocoa processing methods (p< 0.0 1). With adequate Government intervention, the common method (heap) used by farmers should be improved upon while tray method is popularized.
Awareness and participation of farmers in extension activities of agricultural media resources and extension centre in Ogun state
(2013) Fawole, O. P.; Tijani, S. A.
This study assessed the extension activities of Agricultural Media Resources and Extension Centre (AMREC) of University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Ogun State. Five villages that were in active collaboration with the centre were targeted. Ten percent (10%) of registered farmers were selected from each village given the sample size of 170 respondents. Data based on respondents awareness and participation in the extension activities of AMREC were collected through structured questionnaire and analysis was done using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The study revealed that 69.6% of the respondents were between 31-50years of age, 68.3% were males, 88.8% were married and 62.7% of the respondents have one form of education or the other. Majority (82.6%) were full time farmers with 44.7% cultivating 1-2hectares while 95.0% had technical background before the inception of AMREC in the area. Greater percentage (59.0%) of the respondents had been having contacts with extension agents once in 2 weeks. All the respondents were aware of AMREC research activities but 95% had more awareness on market research. Respondents were aware of extension services of AMREC more than research activities and almost all the respondents were aware of input supply services of AMREC. Meanwhile, participation of respondents in research activities of AMREC was occasional while that of extension and input supply activities was regular. There is significant relationship between gender, marital status, level of education and level of participation in AMREC activities (χ2= 20.31, p<0.05; χ2= 6.92, p<0.05 and χ2= 21.58, p< 0.05). Positive relationship exists between respondents’ awareness of all AMREC activities and participation in the extension activities. It can be concluded that most of the participants in AMREC activities were small scale farmers and their awareness and participation in AMREC extension and input supply activities were more than research activities. More female farmers and farmers with large hectares of land should be involved. Also, AMREC should ensure that their research work is disseminated to all farmers within their coverage areas irrespective of the specific target audience.
Awareness and participation of farmers in extension activities of agricultural media resources and extension centre in Ogun State
(2013-12) Fawole, O. P.; Tijani, S. A.
This study assessed the extension activities of Agricultural Media Resources and Extension Centre (AMREC) of University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Ogun State. Five villages that were in active collaboration with the centre were targeted. Ten percent (10%) of registered farmers were selected from each village given the sample size of 170 respondents. Data based on respondents awareness and participation in the extension activities of AMREC were collected through structured questionnaire and analysis was done using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The study revealed that 69.6% of the respondents were between 31-50years of age, 68.3% were males, 88.8% were married and 62.7% of the respondents have one form of education or the other. Majority (82.6%) were full time farmers with 44.7% cultivating 1-2hectares while 95.0% had technical background before the inception of AMREC in the area. Greater percentage (59.0%) of the respondents had been having contacts with extension agents once in 2 weeks. All the respondents were aware of AMREC research activities but 95% had more awareness on market research. Respondents were aware of extension services of AMREC more than research activities and almost all the respondents were aware of input supply services of AMREC. Meanwhile, participation of respondents in research activities of AMREC was occasional while that of extension and input supply activities was regular. There is significant relationship between gender, marital status, level of education and level of participation in AMREC activities (χ2= 20.31, p<0.05; χ2= 6.92, p<0.05 and χ2= 21.58, p< 0.05). Positive relationship exists between respondents’ awareness of all AMREC activities and participation in the extension activities. It can be concluded that most of the participants in AMREC activities were small scale farmers and their awareness and participation in AMREC extension and input supply activities were more than research activities. More female farmers and farmers with large hectares of land should be involved. Also, AMREC should ensure that their research work is disseminated to all farmers within their coverage areas irrespective of the specific target audience.
Awareness and prevention of HIV/AIDS among farming communities in Akinyele and Kajola Local Government Areas of Oyo State, Nigeria
(Pan African Book Company, 2012) Busari, A. O.; Fawole, O. P.
This study was carried out to assess the-awareness and prevention of HIV/AIDS among members of farming communities in Akinyele and Kajola Local government Areas of Oyo State. The rationale for carrying out this research is to determine the level of knowledge and attitudes of the participants on HIV/AIDS, identify the level of awareness of prevention of HIV/AIDS among the participants, and to identify the channel through which the participants received their information on awareness and prevention of HIV/AIDS. Twenty-five participants’ each were purposively selected from each of twelve randomly selected communities from the two Local Government Areas to give a total of 300 respondents. Data for the study was collected through structured interview schedule. Data was analysed using frequency counts and percentages. Hypothesis tested were analysed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PFMC). Finding showed that majority of members of farming communities in the two Local Government were with primary six leaving certificate (low level of formal education) Radio was the major channel through which they received HIV/AIDS information 64% of the respondents indicated. None of the respondents received information through the posters 94% of the respondents received HIV/AIDS information on radio programme called "Abule Oloke Merin. All the respondents (100%) in the two Local government Area of study believe that anal sex should be avoided. They believed that sex should not be abstained (87.38%, and79.3%) disagreed with abstinence. The tested hypotheses indicated significant relationship between gender, educational, attainment and types of marriage of the respondents and their HIV/AIDS awareness.
Awareness and use of information communication technologies by farmers in Oyo State, Nigeria
(Taylor and Francis, 2012) Fawole, O. P.; Olajide, B. R.
Due to inadequate personnel, information communication technologies (ICTs) have become an attractive option for delivery of extension information. This study examined awareness and use of ICTs by farmers in Oyo State, Nigeria. A total of 192 farmers were interviewed. Results indicate that most farmers had no formal education and small farm holdings. Awareness of older ICTs like radio and television was more prevalent among farmers as compared with newer ICTs such as internet and cable television. However, use of modern ICTs like mobile phones and cable television was greater than that for older technologies such as fax machines. Farmers were constrained in ICT use by prohibitive cost and service failure. The Nigerian government should encourage a liberal policy for affordable prices for modern ICT products, especially mobile telephones.
Biotechnology knowledge and perceptions issues among students in the faculty of agriculture and forestry, University of Ibadan
(2013-06) Fawole, O. P.
This study investigated agricultural students' knowledge and perception of biotechnology issues. The study was carried out at the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry of the University of Ibadan. Proportionate sampling method was used to select a sample size of two hundred and sixty four (264) respondents. Variables measured included respondents' demographics, biotechnology information sources, knowledge and perception. The data were analyzed using frequencies, percentages and mean for descriptive analysis while Chi-square analysis, Pearson Product Moment correlation and analysis of variance were used for inferential analysis. Findings reveal that 54.5% of the respondents were female, 56.1% of the respondents had negative perceptions towards biotechnology issues while 82.2% of the respondents had average knowledge level on biotechnology issue. A significant relationship exists between each of respondents, years of formal education, (r = 0.122, P = 0.047), religion, x2= 8.015, p = 0.018) department (x2= 23.498, p = 0.024) and their knowledge of biotechnology. Significant difference exists between the knowledge level of the respondents across the sampled departments (F= 3.446, p=0.003). It was concluded that most of the respondents had unfavorable perception and an average knowledge level on biotechnology issues. The study recommends that learning should not be limited to classroom setting alone. Visits to research institute or private firms who are into research on biotechnology should be arranged for students of faculty of agriculture.
Comparative analysis of cassava and sweet potato improved processing techniques in Nigeria: rural women experience
(Nigerian Rural Sociological Association, 2004-07) Odebode, S. O.; Fawole, O. P.
One of the major products obtained form cassava and sweet potato is 'gari'. It is widely utilized and common. Economic recession in Nigeria has made 'gari ' a more valuable food, especially for the poor in the urban areas. The present and future prospect of cassava and sweet potato processing depends more upon the developments of improved processing technologies that can increase labour productivity and of improved products that can meet the changing need of the rural and urban dwellers to replace the age-long traditional processing techniques. The aim of this study is to compare the cassava and sweet potato improved processing techniques for products generation. A total of 320 women were randomly selected and interviewed from the Agricultural Development Projects states in South western Nigeria with the use of interview schedule Inferential statistics and descriptive statistical tools were used in analyzing the data. The results showed that the same improve processing technologies used for cassava processing are used for sweet potato processing and the most widely used improved processing technologies include abrasive peeler, sieve, motorized grater, screw jack or hydraulic press. Cassava and sweet potato products include "spari", "lafun", starch and "fufu". A major conclusion in this paper is that sweet potato "spari" is slightly darker than the cassava and it is cyanide free unlike cassava "gari", which needs to be processed to remove the cyanide contents. Furthermore, there is no difference in the processing techniques of cassava and sweet potato.
Constraints to production, processing and marketing of sweet-potato in selected communities in Offa Local Government Area, Kwara State Nigeria
(Kalma-Raj, 2007) Fawole, O. P.
Offa Local Government Area is one of the major sweet-potato growing areas of Nigeria. Sweet potato is grown mainly on smallholder farms and concentrated particularly in communities in Offa Local Government Area. This study randomly selected 90 small scale farmers purposively from 9 communities to investigate constraints to production, processing and marketing of sweet-potato. Data were collected using an interview schedule. Results indicated that yields of 4-7 tonnes per hectare obtained by smallholder farmers are about 20-35 percent of the crop's potential yield. Reasons for this low output are limited cultivated land, lack of improved practices, poor storage facilities, lack of credit facilities, lack of extension training, poor transportation and high cost of input. Also, marketing of the crop is dominated by middlemen, to whom most of the profit accrue, thereby serving as a disincentive to the smallholder farmers. There is, therefore, a need for adoption of improved production techniques, development of appropriate and affordable storage and processing technologies, more efficient distribution and marketing systems and an effective extension service to improve current sweet-potato production in Nigeria.
Content analysis
(Shanu Books Limited, 1999) Oladeji, J. O.; Fawole, O. P.
Contribution of shell petroleum development company (SPDC) agricultural extension programme to farmers in Oil producing areas of Delta State, Nigeria
(2012-06) Fawole, O. P.; Tijani, S. A.
The strained relationship between Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and host communities led SPDC to embark on agricultural extension services programme. Based on this, the study examined the contribution of this programme to farmers in the oil producing areas of Delta State. Simple random sampling technique was used to select four agricultural zones out of eleven zones based on SPDC structure. Proportionate sampling technique was used to select 122 respondents. Data collection was done through interview schedule which were subjected to descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings show that 53.3% of the respondents were within age range of 45 and 54 years, majority (76.7%) were male, 74.2% were married while 65.0% had one form of education or the other. All the farmers were aware of SPDC agricultural extension programme and 57.5% of the farmers participated in training and dissemination of information. Majority (85.8%) benefited from cassava stems, 85.8% pineapple suckers and 85.0% plantain suckers. Low benefit was recorded on tractor services (15.0%) and fishing net (21.7%). Farmers’ attitude towards SPDC agricultural programme was generally favourable. There is a significant relationship between sex (χ2; 27.928, p≤0.000), education (χ2; 24.150; p≤0.000) and contribution of SPDC agricultural programme. There was also a significant relationship between awareness (r =0.268; p≤0.003), participation (r= 0.252; p≤0.005) and the contribution of SPDC agricultural programme. Extension contact should be increased and farmers should be encouraged to form into groups in order to enhance their access to other inputs such as tractor.
Coverage and content analysis of biotechnology and genetically modified organisms in four selected Nigerian daily newspapers
(2013) Olajide, B. R.; Fawole, O. P.
The media, especially the newspapers play a major role as sources of biotechnology information and will be useful avenues for disseminating related information. It is in view of this that this study examined coverage of biotechnology and Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in Nigerian daily newspapers as an avenue to raise mass awareness especially amongst literate farmers. This study content analysed 63 GMOs and biotechnology items framed in four Nigerian newspapers (the Guardian, Punch, Vanguard and Nigerian Tribune). The time frame was from January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2010 being the period that marked the sudden rise in public awareness of biotechnology issues occasioned by coverage of biotechnology related news in Nigerian media. Variables measured include types of news, frequency of news coverage, placement, direction and space allotted to biotechnology news and related stories. Data were analysed using both descriptive (frequencies, percentages) and inferential (ANOVA) statistics at p≤0.05. Results indicate that across the four newspapers, types of biotechnology news reported were mostly food safety news (54.0%) in 2005 (21 items) with highest news items from Tribune (49.0%). Though most news items (87.3%) on GMOs and biotechnology were positively framed, all (100%) news items were not strategically placed as they were in other pages of all the newspapers. Space allocated to biotechnology news was higher in the Punch (469cm2) than Guardian (423 cm2), Tribune (378 cm2) and Vanguard (252 cm2). There were significant difference across the newspapers in direction (F= 1.23, p ≤ 0.05) and space allotted (F = 2.53, p ≤ 0.05) to coverage of biotechnological news. Generally, there is low reportage of biotechnology and GMOs news for the period investigated, across newspapers, in space allotment and strategic locations; it is therefore recommended that more attention and priority should be accorded biotechnology news items in terms of space and strategic placement to enhance public awareness of related information.
Coverage of gender roles in agriculture in four Nigerian newspapers (2000-2004)
(Academic Journals, 2012-02) Fawole, O. P.; Olajide, B. R.
Increasing roles of women in agricultural activities has made provision of gender responsive information imperative. This study investigated coverage of gender roles in agriculture in four selected Nigerian newspapers. Ninety-two articles representing the media coverage from four newspapers were coded for this study. Results indicated that the tabloids covered more non-gender stories (67.3%) than gender stories (32.6%), male roles enjoyed more prominence than female roles; and total amount of space allotted to females (51.3%) was more compared to male roles (48.7%). However, male roles (33.3%) in agricultural news coverage enjoyed more strategic placement as compared to female roles (23.3%), though space allotted (t = -0.16, p = 0.872) and placement (t = 0.94; p = 0.94) of male and female related stories were not significantly different. Civil society groups with mandates for agriculture and gender development should mount advocacy, mobilization and sensitization for media executives on the importance of gender responsive reporting of agricultural news.
Coverage of women’s agricultural activities in Nigerian daily newspapers
(Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria, 1997) Fawole, O. P.; Olowu, T. A.
This study investigated the coverage and direction of women's agricultural activities in Nigerian daily newspapers between 1970 and 1990. ln order to attain the research objectives, 6408 editions or 10 daily newspapers were randomly selected for the 21-year period. These newspaper editions were content analysed for types of women activities reported and prominence and direction of the reported activities. The results indicate that there has been a steady increase in the number of women's agricultural activities reported in Nigerian dailies. While the amount of space allocated to women's activities is small, the reports are favourab!e but not prominently located.
Development of a management plan for 75 hectares of Osogbo forest groves
(1996) Adebisi, L. A.; Fawole, O. P.; Olowu, T. A.
Effects of urbanization on agriculture: a case study of rural women in Akobo village a transitional area
(1999) Fawole, O. P.
The extension of the city of Ibadan has transformed the agrarian village of Akobo into an urban suburb in the Lagelu Local Government Area (LGA) of Oyo State. This was the outcome for a study conducted to investigate the income-generating activities and attitude towards agriculture of 85 women in Akobo. Data were collected during the investigation using a personal interview schedule. The findings of the study indicated that Akobo women still engage in agriculture and agro-allied activities. However, majority interviewed were more involved in non-agricultural activities with greater access to markets. It is recommended that vocational and literacy programmes be organized for the Akobo women. This will allow them to learn new skills, trade and establish small cottage industries that will enable them cope, survive and maintain viable life-styles in a changing environment.
Expanding access to voluntary HIV counselling and testing in the rural communities of Oyo state, Nigeria;- home based approach for improving uptake
(2014-05) Busari, A. O.; Fawole, O. P.
This study assess the impact of home based HIV counselling and testing in expanding access to HIV voluntary counselling and testing in rural Nigeria. The participants of the study were 1, 200 drawn from five constituent wards in Saki town in four streets, in 12 households using multistage sampling techniques. The participants aged 15–55 years. The instrument used for data collection was HIV counselling and testing client intake form. The design adopted for this study was pre-post quasi experimental design. Three research questions and two hypotheses guided this study. Data analysis employed was data analysis employed was Descriptive statistics of percentage, and ratio odd for the research questions raised while Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was utilized for the two research hypotheses formulated. The results of the study indicates that Home based approach had a significant impact for improving uptake of HIV counselling and testing in rural Nigeria. Again, there was a significant reduction in multiple partners (especially among those tested) and reduction in casual partners in intervention group compared with control group.
Experts as sources in reported agricultural articles in Nigerian dailies
(Society for the PsychologicalStudy of Social Issues C/O Department of Psychology, University of lbadan, 2010-09) Fawole, O. P.
Agricultural stories are routinely reported in daily newspapers in Nigeria. Few studies have however provided empirical evidence that experts were contacted for comments in reported agricultural stories. In this study, four major Nigerian daily newspapers were content analysed to determine if experts were contacted for comments in the coverage of agricultural stories over a five-year time frame -from January 1through December 31, 2004. Findings reveal a continuous coverage of agricultural stories with a majority (25%) reported in 2001. Coverage of agricultural stories was highest (31.6%) in the Guardian newspaper. The study identified that expert comments were relied upon by all daily newspapers for all reported agricultural stories within the time frame of the study. Although, fluctuations were observed, findings suggest increase in use of experts comments in reported agricultural stories, as all the newspapers routinely contacted experts for comments in all the years investigated. Overall, it is suggested that Nigerian daily newspapers sustain this trend, and increase the frequency of their agricultural contents.
Extension needs of urban and peri urban households involved in livestock keeping in Egbeda Local Government area of Oyo State
(International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, 1999) Sekoni, O. R.; Fawole, O. P.